1894 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



875 



if I use separators I shall have to make a change 

 as much wider as five separators are. 



W. L. Richmond. 

 Lexington, Ky., Aug. 7. 18ti4. 



[[ submitted the matter to Dr. Miller, who 

 replies:] 



You yourself mention one of the best reasons 

 for having separators — with them your sections 

 will be more nearly uniform in weight. If you 

 pack for shipping, separators give you sections 

 that will fit anywhere. Most markets prefer 

 sections under a pound. My supers are proba- 

 bly the same size as yours. I now use 1% sec- 

 lions with separators, a ?ft-inch follower, and a 

 stick }., X 34 to wedge up with. I think you 

 would like it. C. C. M. 



•COCOONS IN A cell; the thickening at the 



BOTTOM. 



In the August 1st issue you say that you 

 never saw more than from 4 to ti cocoons in a 

 •cell. I presume that is about all that can be 

 ound at the sides; but I should like to know 

 what the solid body found in the bottoms of 

 the cells is if not an accumulation of these 

 cocoons. I inclose a sample from old comb one 

 inch thick. O. H. Townsend. 



Alamo, Mich., Aug. 13. 



[The extra thickening at the bottom of the 

 cells is partly made up of cast-off larva-skins, 

 and dried food covered up by the skins, if I am 

 correct. — Ed.] 



GERMAN, OR BEI-GIAN, HARES. 



These differ from the common English rab- 

 bits, having tough skins and erect long ears. 

 Their meat is white, and of a nutty flavor, and 

 preferred by many to chicken. Their color is a 

 silver gray. They are easily raised in hutches 

 about three feet square, and, in fact, do well in 

 confinement. They thrive well in summer on 

 almost any green feed, such as clover, dandelion, 

 dock, lettuce, beet-tops, turnip, cabbage, etc. 

 They will fatten on stale bread, crackers, and 

 all kinds of grain. Their principal feed in win- 

 ter is clover hay. They breed every six weeks, 

 having from seven to eleven at a litter. One 

 doe and one buck will produce more pounds of 

 meat in one season than one ewe, allowing her 

 to have twins. Bee-keepers as well as others 

 can do well raising them for market, as they 

 sell readily in the game season. 



G. J. Flansburgh. 

 South Bethlehem, N. Y. 



THE ENLARGED REPORT OF THE ONTARIO 

 BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



Having seen various versions in connection 

 with the last report of the Ontario Bee-keep- 

 ers' Association, permit me to state the facts of 

 the case in justice to all. A number were dis- 

 satisfied about the meager retort of the associ- 

 ation. Compared with the government report 

 of other organizations it was a reflection, and 

 gave the impression that the bee-keeping in- 

 dustry was a very small affair. Mr. S. T. Pet- 



tit, Belmont, Ontario, took care to compare the 

 size with that of other associations, and in- 

 tended to bring the matter before the associa- 

 tion, insisting upon arrangements in that di- 

 rection. Mr. Pettit, after careful reflection, 

 thought he would mention his plans to others, 

 and secure their cooperation, to avoid un- 

 pleasantness of any kind. This gentleman, in- 

 stead of allowing Mr. Pettit to carry out the 

 work which he had taken in hand, took advan- 

 tage of the first opportunity and made the ne- 

 cessary proposition without giving Mr. Pettit 

 any credit. In justice to all, kindly make the 

 correction, and give credit where credit is due. 

 Brantford. Out. R. F. Hoi-termann. 



WHEREIN THE CHIEF VALUE OF FOUNDATION 

 LIES. 



As the use and kind of foundation is up for 

 discussion, I will give my view of it. My 

 theory is, that the cJiief value of foundation 

 does not lie in the fact that it saves the bees 

 the expenditure necessary to produce the 

 amount of wax in foundation, but in the fact 

 that it furnishes <tU hands with standing njom 

 to work into comb the wax scales already />re.s- 

 ent in abundance. If as many bees could 

 work in building the septum, where no founda- 

 tion is given, as can work in building the side- 

 ivalls where foundation is given, the advan- 

 tage of using full sheets of foundation would, 

 in an average honey-flow, be very largely re- 

 duced. But as, at the very start, only a few 

 bees can work at the septum, compared with 

 the number that can go to work at once on the 

 side walls, where full sheets of foundation are 

 used, the advantage of such full sheets ought 

 to be apparent. John S. Callbreath. 



Rock Rift, N. Y. 



A CORRECTION. 



In my article on foul brood, Oct. 15, I notice 

 some errors, two of which call for correction. 

 On p. 789, second column, the compositor makes 

 me say that at Dresden some very old well- 

 preserved honey had been found in the eaves 

 of an old house, while I wrote " in the caves."' 

 In the same column, on p. 790, the same man 

 lets the Swiss apiculturists say to themselves, 

 " If the formic acid is powerful enough to kill 

 the ferment of the bee, would it not? "etc., 

 while I wrote " of the beer." Chas. Norman. 



St. Petersburg, Fla., Oct. 2*]. 



[We are as glad to make these corrections as 

 we are sorry the mistakes occurred. As we never 

 heard of a cave to a house, we thought it must 

 be eaves. Doubtless, if we could cut off the tail 

 end of beer, or convert it to an s, the country 

 would be better off. In next issue we give the 

 first of three articles from Mr. Norman, and we 

 shall do our utmost to have the wording correct. 

 Sometimes a type breaks on the press, and thus 

 changes the meaning. Some time ago a paper 

 informed us that the Russian general Raki- 

 noffikowsky was" found dead with a long word 

 in his throat." The pressman had made word 

 of sword by battering down the s.— Ed.J 



